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Friendly Atheist Podcast

Ep. 229 - Broccoli, The Atheists' New Worst Nightmare

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, News

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2018

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Willow Creek megachurch’s founder Bill Hybels has now been accused of sexually harassing his assistant decades ago, and the lead pastor quit as a result. (2:15) — Jeff Sessions‘ “Religious Freedom Task Force” is just a government program to help conservative Christians discriminate against groups they hate. (18:09) — Child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church would stop if only seminaries required applicants to abstain from lust or masturbation for a year, says priest. (23:55) — Cosmologist Lawrence Krauss no longer has his top science job at Arizona State after an investigation found that he groped a woman at a conference. But he’s still on the school’s payroll. (28:58) — Want to volunteer with Franklin Graham‘s Samaritan’s Purse group to help with California wildfire relief efforts? You need to be anti-gay first. (36:44) — There can be no compromise between LGBTQ Americans and conservative Christians. (41:59) — Move over, bananas. Atheists have a new worst nightmare: Broccoli. (50:43) — Pope Francis says the death penalty is never okay. Hallelujah! (55:02) — A Mormon woman couldn’t get a Temple Recommend because she breastfed her baby in church. (1:04:27) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is Hemet and Jessica.

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And you're listening to the Friendly Atheist Podcast. If you like what you're listening to please go to patreon.com

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slash Friendly Atheist podcast and give us many of the stars

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Welcome home. Thank you.

0:33.0

This is a late Sunday night slash Monday morning whenever this goes up podcast just because you just got home.

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And we still wanted to get this out this weekend.

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Yeah, I was like in the cab on my way home and text him.

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Like I'm home I forgot if I'm supposed to record with you tomorrow or not.

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Answers always yes.

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Always yes.

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So yeah, I was in Seattle in Portland. It was incredible. It was so much fun. I got to see my best friends who live in Portland and we went to the coast and went to Cannon Beach, which, oh, it was great.

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It was so great.

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It was wonderful and great and wonderful, I would say.

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Great and good.

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I'm still like I've been home for less than 24 hours. I have to go back to work tomorrow. I'm

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